Pierre Nepveu

Pierre Nepveuis a Montreal critic, essayist, poet and teacher. He has received the Governor General's Award three times-in 1997 for the collection of poems Romans-fleuves, in 1998 for the essay Intérieurs du Nouveau Monde, andin 2003 for Lignes Aériennes. His many other awards include the Québec-Paris Prize, the Prix Victor-Barbeau de l'Académie des lettres du Québec, and the Canada-Swiss Prize. Pierre Nepveu has taught in the Département d'études françaises at the Université de Montréal since 1978.

Judith Cowan has translated several Quebec poets, including Gérald Godin, Yves Préfontaine and Yves Boisvert. She lives in Trois-Rivières.